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Sign Language Phonology Teaching demonstration Ng E-Ching 6 September 2019 National University of Singapore Fingerspelling https://lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/wallpaper1.htm http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/n/numbers.htm 2 Syntax • Function words? • THIS CLASS is SAME TOPIC. • Topic-fronting: • SIGN LANGUAGE, I LEARN ONLY ONE YEAR. • Wh-words tend to come last: • YOU NOTICE WHAT? 3 What is phonology? Phonology: The study of sound patterns in language word sign sound sound sound prime prime prime Phonology: The study of the smallest contrastive units in language 4 Minimal pairs 1. SORRY, PLEASE 2. SCHOOL, IMPOSSIBLE 3. YELLOW, BLUE handspeak.com 4. CANNOT, LAST 5. THINK, KNOW 6. CANDY, APPLE, NERVE 7. SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY 5 6 5 parameters of sign language 1. Handshape 2. _______? 3. _______? 4. _______? 5. _______? 7 Parameter 2 1. ENOUGH, PRESSURE 2. CHOCOLATE, CHURCH 3. AMERICA, MACHINE 4. RAIN, SNOW 5. CHAIR, SIT 6. I-GIVE-YOU, YOU-GIVE-ME 8 Parameter 3 1. ONION, APPLE 2. FORGET, BETTER 3. FATHER, MOTHER, FINE 4. KNOW, DOCTOR 5. BIRD, PRINTER 6. CURIOUS, VOLUNTEER 9 Parameter 4 1. MAYBE, BALANCE 2. CHAIR, NAME 3. KING, PRINCE 4. I, YOU, HE/SHE/IT 5. MY, YOUR, HIS/HERS/ITS 6. LOOK-AT-ME, LOOK-AT-YOU 10 Parameter 5 1. LATE, NOT-YET 2. WAY-OVER-THERE, LONG-AGO, MANY 3. RECENTLY, NEARBY 4. MEDIUM, GOING-STEADY Note: Handspeak entries may not have the same NMM marking as demonstrated. 11 Parameter 5 (continued) 5. Wh-questions: WHERE? HOW-MANY? THIS SIGN WHAT? 6. Yes/no questions: YOU DOCTOR? 7. Negation: I (NOT) DOCTOR 12 5 parameters of sign language 1. Handshape 2. Movement 3. Location 4. Orientation 5. Non-manual marking (NMM) 13 How many parameters are different? 1. UNDERSTAND, 11 2. DIRTY, PIG 3. CAR, WHICH 4. YELLOW, WRONG 5. COMPUTER, BICYCLE 6. SCHOOL, COOK 14 How do we transcribe sign language? TODAY FOCUS P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-Y wh FOCUS WHAT y/n FOCUS LINGUISTICS neg FOCUS ENGLISH 15 A whole new world! • What sounds/primes can be contrastive? What combinations are possible? What are the natural classes? • What kinds of social variation do we find? • Which phenomena are language-specific? Are there universals across spoken and sign language? 16 Why did people think sign language had no phonology? word sign sound sound sound handshape movement location orientation NMM Prejudice – Iconicity – Sequentiality 17 What have we learnt? • Phonology is not as simple as we thought • Sequential vs. simultaneous • Sign language is not simple either • 5 parameters! 18 Want to learn sign language? • American Sign Language • Handspeak.com • Lifeprint.com • Signing Savvy • Singapore Sign Language • Singapore Association for the Deaf (video) • ExtraOrdinary Horizons 19 Questions? 20.

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